The Countdown Has Begun....

The kids are getting so excited to go see  Mickey again.  I have to say I'm pretty excited myself!  I have been to Disneyland more times than I can count, but I love taking the kids there.  Alli has always been a really big fan of Mickey and Minnie.
Even though we have been there tons of times we will have a few firsts this trip.  We have never stayed at a Disney property and this time we will spend our 5 nights at the Disneyland Hotel.  I can't wait to see the inside.  They have remodeled the rooms recently so they should be awesome.  We also have 6 day Park Hopper Passes so it's safe to say, we will get our fill of the mouse.
Another first will be going to Club 33.  Honestly I had never even heard of the place until I met Mike.  I'm glad that it actually worked out because you have to be a member to eat there (or a member makes the reservation for you) and there is no way we could afford that.  Burny and Grandma EJ came through with some help from one of their friends, who just happens to be the head of Disney Feature Animation.  So exciting and I'm thankful that he was kind enough to help us out.  So on 11/11/11 we will celebrate Mike's 33rd Birthday at Club 33 with a reservation for 33 people.  It should be a great party at  Club 33! Click the link to read more. It's not an official site, but there isn't any info on the Disney site.
 Last night we received a phone call from a couple Disney Characters.  The girls loved it! Alli was convinced we needed to leave right at that moment.

I love this picture from our last Disneyland trip!

 I love this one too, but this was in Orlando.

Halloween 2011

I'm to sure where October went, but I don't recall most of it.  It went by so fast that it's all a blur.  I wasn't really ready for Halloween to be here, but we made it through alive.

Paige had a Girl Scout Halloween party that she went to the Monday before Halloween.  That day I got an email from the room mother of Paige's class.  She said that she would be moving that weekend, and would not be able to do the party.  I had signed up to help so I was afraid that I would be left doing the entire party and of course, the other volunteers wouldn't return phone calls.  Not that being in charge of the party would be bad, because I love helping out at the school.  I just had no clue when I would fit it in.  Luckily, a very sweet mother volunteered to be in charge so I lucked out and only had to come up with a game.

We decided to hide toys and candy in different boxes and the kids had to try to find them buried at the bottom without looking.  The boxes had everything from toilet paper (mummy wrap) to rice (maggots) and noodles (worms).  I loved watching the kids faces as they dug through the rice and noodles.  We also had grapes (eyeballs) that were equally disgusting.

Allison also had a party at her school.  She made cute art projects and brought home lots of candy and little toys.

After school we ran to ice skating for a quick lesson for Paige and then headed up to Mike and Robin's house for white chili and trick or treating.  This year Robin and I took the kids out. Last year it was cold and raining and Mike had to carry Alli most of the way.  This year I lucked out and Alli walked the whole way and although it wasn't warm, it wasn't freezing either.

Carving Pumpkins with Grandpa Old Guy, Grandma D, and Uncle CJ.

Pictures before school.... The Princess and The Nerd...

Paige's school party

Getting ready for Trick or Treating.  

Reflections 2011

This is the program that Paige put together for this years Reflections contest.  Nice job honey!

Diversity means...

By the way, an hour and a half before we recorded this Paige had 6 baby teeth pulled.  She is such a trooper! The tooth fairy was very kind and paid for all 6 teeth even though 1 ended up her her tummy.